how long does windows restore take?

cheesy_iron · Dec 31, 2014

My pc started to lag really bad and freeze, so I checked for viruses and nothing showed up. As a last resort I restored from a automatic backup from a couple days ago. How long shoup it take to complete this? It has been on the "updating system registry" page for around 3 hours now. Please tell me if this is bad, or not. Thanks!

reedo_43 · Dec 31, 2014

Does not sound good. Perhaps your drive was failing causing all of your problems. Do you see any hard drive activity going on? (lights) or hear any strange noises coming from the drive? That would be my first guess.

Rafi Khan · Dec 31, 2014

It depends on how many programs need to be reinstalled and also how many files need to be restored. You should not be worried if it is taking a long time, I recommend giving it a full day as it is known to be a horrible utility

What type of storage are you using HDD? SSD?

Thanks!

reedo_43 · Dec 31, 2014

FYI updating the registry is the final stage and I believe he is having drive problems.

cheesy_iron · Dec 31, 2014

@reedo, nope, I shut my pc off. Next morning it was very slow loading.

@Rafi Khan, I think I'm using a Toshiba 1tb, with about 150gb left

Forgot to mention that it was blue screening randomly while playing minecraft I couldnt get the error code fast enough, as it would reboot.

USAFRet · Dec 31, 2014

cheesy_iron :

You shut it off partway through? Not good. Just leave it run. Eventually it will either work, or error out.

reedo_43 · Dec 31, 2014

can you run scandisk on the drive? Any error messages in the event viewer, windows logs, system, disk or ntfs?

cheesy_iron · Dec 31, 2014

No, I didn't shut it off during the update. Two nights ago I shut it off, and when I turned it on(yesterday) it was very slow and freezing. Today I tried antivirus and that didn't catch anything. So I did a restore, from the 28th, I belive. The restore is still going on right now

cheesy_iron · Dec 31, 2014

It's still updating the registry... should I try shutting it down? What would happen if it did shut off in the middle of restoring?

reedo_43 · Dec 31, 2014

again...Do you see any hard drive activity going on? (lights) or hear any strange noises coming from the drive? That would be my first guess.

USAFRet · Dec 31, 2014

cheesy_iron :

You might bork it up completely.

Dark Lord of Tech · Dec 31, 2014

Sounds like it might be a failing HDD.

cheesy_iron · Dec 31, 2014

No, no strange noises or anything out of the usual. The HD light isnt on, or flashing which is kind of strange. I can hear the HD working, though. Also, the little blue circle loading thing in place of my mouse won't stop spinning, and I can't move it around.

Edit: HD barley feels warm, it's not vibrating or clicking. It does sound like it's doing something.

cheesy_iron · Dec 31, 2014

(Edited) Ok, looks like i just have to wait a while, thanks and happy new year

Rafi Khan · Jan 1, 2015

Did it work? or are you still waiting? Thanks!

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